Picture it… January 2021. You’ve just finished voting on the book of the month with your fellow Feminist Book Club members. The theme? Courage. The winner of the community vote? Difficult Women by Roxane Gay. You’ve added the runner ups to your TBR list. Everything is good. Chat with the Author Roxane Gay will be […]
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It’s that time of year! Books are a great gift for everyone in your life but how do you begin…we have you covered. Check it out: For a friend – The Opposite of Loneliness by Marina Keegan. This collection of short stories will make you feel warm and fuzzy inside. Marina was a gifted writer
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If you would have told me that I would do any kind of running after the 11th grade, I should have asked you for winning lottery numbers. I am a runner. Those four words are a revelation for me. Running entered my life when I felt discouraged by it. I learn discipline, distance, and endurance.
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Introduction: Feminist Book Club blog contributors are working together to create posts as an “Educate & Activate” series. We will define a term or movement, provide historical context, and give you additional resources to learn more. We believe that an educated populace can be better activists, accomplices and co-conspirators. It is important to note that
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“There are so many ways in our day that we can turn mundane things into beautiful things. Love is art, too. How do you turn relationships and connections into these beautiful, creative processes?” – Tiffanie DeBartolo Tiffanie DeBartolo‘s most recent novel is Sorrow. Her previous novels include God Shaped Hole (2002), How To Kill a
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Synopsis In The Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado is an all engrossing and harrowing memoir about one of Machado’s previous relationships. Published by a local Minneapolis publisher, Graywolf Press, In the Dream House begins by telling how Machado fell in love with a woman who she saw as a version of her dreams, but as
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After popping my daughter out, I immediately got to work transforming her into my mini-me. There were the gorgeous picture books of classic literature. The baby-sized yoga mat. The “Write Like a Mother” onesie. But she soon revealed herself to be her own person, with her own outsized personality. A girly-girl. An artist. A lover
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Introduction: Feminist Book Club blog contributors are working together to create posts as an “Educate & Activate” series. We will define a term or movement, provide historical context, and give you additional resources to learn more. We believe that an educated populace can be better activists, accomplices and co-conspirators. It is important to note that
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I entered this year with a goal: finally use the daggone Pinterest dessert boards I am creating. My intention was to not wait for expectation. To not wait until I had big beautiful counters and my mint green KitchenAid mixer to bake fantastic recipes. I started making milkshakes, waiting for the Birthday Bash ice cream
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A few days ago, Jenna Bush Hager revealed her December pick for her book club Read With Jenna. This month, she and her book club members will be reading The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison. Now, this isn’t a surprising book club pick considering the huge wave of anti-racism education happening since the riots in
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An informal solo series reviewing everything FBC founder Renee reads each month. Listen to this podcast using the player above! Mentioned in this episode: What Can I Do? My Path from Climate Despair to Action by Jane Fonda Genres: Non-fiction, current events Read if you like: actionable ways to save our planet from climate change,
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